Free (as in beer) Dynos
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Free (as in beer) Dynos
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Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#2So they're getting rid of their free option for another free option that gives you only 18hrs of non-sleep time a day.
How is this not a downgrade?
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#3So what's the down side they failed to mention?
Whats the difference between a hobby (7$) dyno than a real dyno?
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#4So they're getting rid of their free option for another free option that gives you only 18hrs of non-sleep time a day. How is this not a downgrade?
It is a downgrade. The whole post sounded like a downgrade since they felt the need to emphasize their commitment to experimentation.
I am one of the people affected by this since I was running a one-page website dyno and had pingdom keeping it out of sleep mode. This is what they are referring to as well in the last paragraph. I didn't know it was that many people doing this, though the solution for me would be a simple one: just allow me to serve static files.
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#5So what's the down side they failed to mention? Whats the difference between a hobby (7$) dyno than a real dyno?
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#6Seems like they're walking back from the previous announcement, which said they'd give 12 hours of non-sleep time per day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9295874
There's a huge difference between 24 hours/day and 18 hours/day, but I don't think there's such a big difference going from 18->12, so I don't think many people will care about this improvement.
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#7So what's the down side they failed to mention? Whats the difference between a hobby (7$) dyno than a real dyno?
A real dyno costs $34. So in essence, they're replacing the 24h free tier with an 18h free tier, but lowering the cost of the first paid dyno to $7. At least that's how I'm reading it...
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#8So they're getting rid of their free option for another free option that gives you only 18hrs of non-sleep time a day. How is this not a downgrade?
It is a downgrade. The whole post sounded like a downgrade since they felt the need to emphasize their commitment to experimentation. I am one of the people affected by this since I was running a one-page website dyno and had pingdom keeping it out of sleep mode. This is what they are referring to as well in the last paragraph. I didn't know it was that many people doing this, though the solution for me would be a si…
People wouldn't have been pinging their dynos to remain awake if it didn't take so long for them to spin back up. Know of any alternative places for projects that don't use a lot of resources?
Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#9Re: Free (as in beer) Dynos
#10Relevant links: https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/5/7/new-dyno-types-pub... https://www.heroku.com/beta-pricing
Hmm looks like the 1st and 2nd tier dynos are actually cheaper now at $25 and $50. Before they were $34.99 and something else.